Nursery-chair



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL RAINEY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

NURSERY-CHAIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,215, dated November 28, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL RAINEY, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in N ursery-O'hairs 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact, description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a cross-section of a nursery-chair made according` to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View thereof, taken when it is folded and set within its box, the side of the box being removed.

Similar letters of ieferenee indicate like parts.

The objectof this invention is to provide a nursery-chair which shall be portable.

It consists in achair in Whose seat is a iixed chamber of convenience, and whose back folds down upon the seat so as to cover-it when not in use. rIhe center or panel of the back revolves within the frame of the back so as to be capable of presenting an upholstered side to the occupant ofthe chair when the back is raised.

rIhe legs N of the chair may be made after any suitable style, but they should not extend beyond the outline ofthe frame or body of the seat, on account of convenience in packing.

A is a zinc chamber set in the seat of the chair. It is supplied at bottom with a faucet or gate, which should be capacious enough to at low both solids and liquids to pass out of the chamber. The upper `edge or rim of the chamber has a lining of rubber or gutta-pereha, or other suitable soft material, which will make a tight joint with the cover W when it is let down thereon, as seen in Fig. 2.

E designates the back of the chair hinged at D, so as to be capable of lying iat on the seat. It has two quadrantshaped 'arms setting out from its sides near its top and passing through the side rails, K, ofthe seat. When the back is up, as in Fig. l, the quadrants are raised into the positions and places of side arms, and when it is pushed down the quadrants are retired through the side rails, K, and through the lower rails, Q, their ends projectin g through the feet of the hinder legs, N.

The front of the chair has a bail, F, which may be raised and kept in an upright position by means of one or more spring-latches, L. Vhen the bail is up it serves as 4a fender or guard on the front of the chair` rIhe upper edge of the back E is provided with a hinged railing, which is held up by a spring catch or hook, J. When the chair is to be packed in its box, this rail is to be folded down against the back.

The back ofthe chair has its center or panel suspended upon pivots F, about which it can be turned at pleasure by unlocking the bolt G from its upper edge. rIhe said back is provided with a zinc orother metallic cover, which is so placed thereon as to tit the rims of the chamber when the back is down.

The opposite side of the back is furnished with a cushion, B, which can be used as a seat when the back is down.

The quadrants H can be held lirm, either up or down, by set-screws M, if desired.

Vhen the chair is to be used, its parts are fixed in the positions shown in Fig. l. Then it is to be transported in a car, or boat, or vehicle, its parts are folded in the manner seen in Fig. 2, when it can be placed in a box, I, which should be neatly made so as to resemble a trunk or hat-box. rEhe box is provided with a handle, O.

rIhe quadrants may be guided or sheathed in curved cases, fixed in proper positions beneath the seat.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A folding nursery-chair made and operated substantially as above described.

SAML. RAINEY.

Witnesses:

JAs. S. CLARK, Jr., W. RAINEY. 

